As he pushed for Formula One race victory on Sunday, rumours Kimi Raikkonen is back on Ferrari's radar continued to swirl and flourish in the Hungaroring paddock.

The rumour was given life by team boss Stefano Domenicali, when to Finnish broadcaster MTV3 he said Ferrari's number one Fernando Alonso and the team's departed 2007 World Champion share "a lot of similarities".

"The talk in the paddock this weekend is that Felipe (Massa) has already lost his drive for next season," Sky television commentator Brundle said on Sunday.

A team 'insider' had earlier been quoted by the Sunday Times newspaper as saying Ferrari sees Finn, 32, as a better alternative than some of the others on the list to replace Massa.

The source said many of the names, reportedly including Sergio Perez, Nico Hulkenberg, Paul di Resta, Heikki Kovalainen and even Kamui Kobayashi and Pastor Maldonado, would not necessarily be better than Massa.

"Kimi would be a very good solution," he said.

"Fast, experienced, apolitical and out of contract at the end of the year. Fernando would have no problem having Kimi as his team-mate."

The BBC's chief Formula 1 writer Andrew Benson, however, quoted what he described as an 'unimpeachable source' who said the rumour is simply "rubbish".

And even the Times' 'insider' admitted there is a major stumbling block.

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